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With two dead and a dozen or more injured in a single incident, this is probably the most famous MV-bike fatal crash in Arizona, if not the entire US, history; including a full NTSB investigation.
As the county attorney refused to bring felony charges… 1 year plus some license suspension and whatnot. Full story here.
What goes around comes around? After ending all photo enforcement several years ago, the Cities of Phoenix will soon re-start and Tempe started a month ago.
And behind the scenes, the Republican controlled legislature has tried and failed year-after-year-after-year, for over a decade, to ban all photo enforcement anywhere in Arizona. Some years, the ban gets passed, and the governor (when Democrat) vetoes it. Most recently, Democrat gov Hobbs vetoed it (twice if i recall correctly). Other years, the bill dies, saving the embarrassment of having a Republican governor from vetoing it (e.g. SB1419 in 2021). Continue reading “Cities of Phoenix and Tempe re-start photo enforcement”
This is a nerdly article probably only of interest to me.
I wanted to validate the numbers posted on the main FARS page against my own copy of the FARS data to ensure I understood what counted for what. Continue reading “Checking the FARS data”
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McClintock at Watson. (Watson is just north of Guadalupe). It appears driver ran a red along McClintock while the teen cyclist was crossing in a crosswalk at Watson. https://www.azfamily.com/video/2025/02/09/teen-bicyclist-hurt-after-crash-with-alleged-red-light-runner/
Recall that Jay fretz was killed in 2010 by a red light runner along McClintock at Alameda. https://azbikelaw.org/commuter-cyclist-killed-in-tempe/
Yikes.
Suspected DUI? of course. Hit and Run? uh huh.
Arizona has tough DUI laws, right? Don’t count on it. If the driver is found to be impaired, expect nothing more than a misdemeanor DUI. Possibly misdemeanor hit-and-run (as apparently there were no injuries, unless you count the driver’s bump on the head). Prosecutors seem to have no imagination. EnDANGERment? Naw. Continue reading “Suspected DUI driver crashes into Ahwatukee home”
2025-02-02 8:17am
Prescott Valley PD posted on their facebook:
… on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 8:17am involving a bicycle rider at the intersection of Viewpoint and Spouse Drive. The incident occurred when a male cyclist traveling north on Viewpoint did not yield to a motorist traveling east on Spouse. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet at the time of the a*******. (I censored the a-word. PVPD: please #crashnotaccident. I’m not a fan of the helmet comment, either). Continue reading “Bicyclist killed in crash at all-way stop in Prescott Valley”
A misdemeanor criminal case against the driver in this strange Oct 2024 incident is moving forward in Tempe Municipal Court…
Next Court Date: PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE 1/22/2025 01:30
Driver arrested in the killing of PV teenager Gabriel Grande this past November. Full Story.
Yikes. Not to single-out City of Phoenix; but we can objectively say that City of Phoenix is doing an bad job at pro-active traffic enforcement.
Phoenix drunken driving deaths soared last year
Fatalities in drunken-driving accidents within Phoenix city limits doubled in 2023 over the prior year and accounted for over a third of all crash deaths recorded in Phoenix…. Continue reading “Phoenix drunken driving deaths soared last year; enforcement declines”
SmartGrowthAmerica’s Dangerous by Design report has the Tucson area at the third most-dangerous metro by ped deaths in the United States for the period 2018-2022 (at 4.16 ped deaths per 100,000 population).
According to the chart, the Tuscon area catapulted from a much better (the light pink part of the bar) figure in the, prior period, 2013-2017 when it was would have been much lower down on the list.
Continue reading “Tucson ranked third most dangerous metro in entire US?!”
Adding bureaucracy (which is effectively already in place at ADOT, and elsewhere apparently) seems like an odd way to have less government:
“Everything’s less government with me,” said Kern, an Arizona Freedom Caucus member … — azcentral.com
In our area, freeway exits with poor sight lines are signed no turn on red (example: Warner and I-10), but okay sight lines are not (example one mile south on Ray and I-10).
Continue reading “AZ legislator wants to reduce number of no-right-turn-on-reds”
Could it be, Satan?.
So this one caught my eye;
SB1279 – satanic displays; public property; prohibition
Sponsored by Gov’t Committee chair Sen Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek). The hearing was a little bit entertaining; you can make your own judgement here, but it seems to have some constitutional problems (i.e. apparently you can build certain kinds of alters on public property, but not satanic ones) — but at the end of the day, were it to reach governor’s desk it would presumably be vetoed. Political theater. Continue reading “Satan and transportation policy”
We are investigating a serious vehicle vs pedestrian collision near McQueen & Ocotillo. All east bound traffic from S Arizona Ave to McQueen Rd will be shutdown for an extended amount of time. Please take alternate routes for your commute.
The media staging area will be Central… pic.twitter.com/oK5qBJMOxH— Chandler Police (@ChandlerPolice) November 27, 2023
11/27/2023 ~7am Continue reading “Pedestrian killed at Paseo Trail xing, driver in custody after TWO crashes Chandler”